AR 'view in your room' for a furniture store when we have zero 3D models

By Anonymous · 2026-08-30 · 289 views · 7 votes

Mid-size furniture store (sofas, sideboards, a lot of oak). Customers keep asking "how big is it really" and returns on the bigger pieces are mostly "didn't fit / looked bigger in the photos".

I've looked at AR apps before and hit the same wall every time: they all want GLB files. We have product photos and a spreadsheet of dimensions. Getting 3D models made was quoted at $80-150 per SKU, which for 400 SKUs is not happening.

Is there anything that works from photos + dimensions, or is AR just not for stores our size?

Accepted solution

Marta_L

This changed in the last year or so. A couple of apps now generate the model from a product photo and you type in the width/height/depth so the AR is at true scale. Quality of the generated model is "good enough for size, not for close-ups" — which is exactly what you need for the will-it-fit question.

The one in the 3D & AR category here (the Best Match pick) does this and charges per generated model on top of a small monthly fee, so you can start with your 30 worst-returning SKUs rather than all 400. Set it up on a client store last month: about an afternoon for 40 products, most of that was checking the dimensions in the spreadsheet were actually right.

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Marta_L · 2026-08-31 · 6 votes

This changed in the last year or so. A couple of apps now generate the model from a product photo and you type in the width/height/depth so the AR is at true scale. Quality of the generated model is "good enough for size, not for close-ups" — which is exactly what you need for the will-it-fit question.

The one in the 3D & AR category here (the Best Match pick) does this and charges per generated model on top of a small monthly fee, so you can start with your 30 worst-returning SKUs rather than all 400. Set it up on a client store last month: about an afternoon for 40 products, most of that was checking the dimensions in the spreadsheet were actually right.

Anonymous · 2026-09-01 · 0 votes

Per-model pricing is the bit I was missing. Doing the big pieces first makes sense. Thanks.

storefront_sam · 2026-09-02 · 2 votes

Also: wall art, mirrors and rugs don't need a model at all in that one, it just places the flat image at real size. If you sell any of those it's basically free to add.